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Austin, TX vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bloomington has been positive.
- Bloomington has 0.4% less unemployment than Austin.
- Bloomington job growth has increased by 11.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXBloomington, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%5.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%22.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-6.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-7.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-9.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%-11.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 10 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
61704 61701 61705

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